Rosie M. Vivas was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, stripped of her title just eight days after the race when it was discovered she had not run the entire course. He is believed to have jumped trailers about a mile and a half before the finish. As of 2000, he still maintains that he ran the entire 1980 Boston Marathon.
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